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Haresh Sood

Employment Law Barrister | 15+ years experience

Haresh is an experienced barrister specialising in the areas of employment, professional regulatory, education law, film, media and defamation and general civil litigation. Before becoming a barrister, Haresh qualified as a Solicitor Advocate at one of the Midlands' best regional law firms. Consequently, Haresh understands the importance of tailor-made client care need which he provides using his spoken languages (Spanish, Hindi & Punjabi and intermediate Italian, and basic French) and by conducting home visits.

Haresh is based in the East Midlands and offers his legal services to clients all over the U.K. He has a unique skill set which makes him the perfect fit for a variety of Public Access instructions.

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Haresh's Biography

Areas covered
Haresh has represented claimants and respondents in complex sex, race, gender, and religious discrimination claims (amongst other protected characteristics) which entail issues of whistleblowing, victimisation, and harassment for and against public bodies, companies, and health institutions. Haresh has often advised on workplace bullying to a multitude of clients and advised on various dismissals. whistleblowing, victimisation, and harassment for and against public bodies, companies, and health institutions, case management, preliminary, full merits, costs, remedies
Background

Haresh’s experience is drawn from personal and professional experiences in which he has advised and represent clients in several types of employment law cases. Haresh has considerable experience right from the grievance/disciplinary stage up to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (including but not limited) to settlement negotiations.

Haresh has represented claimants and respondents in complex sex, race, gender, and religious discrimination claims (amongst other protected characteristics) which entail issues of whistleblowing, victimisation, and harassment for and against public bodies, companies, and health institutions. Haresh has often advised on workplace bullying to a multitude of clients and advised on various dismissals.

Haresh is a firm advocate of ensuring pleadings are drafted meticulously be it the ET1/ET3, acknowledgment of service, amendment applications, cost applications/responses, grounds for the notice of appeal or rule 3.10 applications. He also has wide experience in dealing with tampering allegations and using specialist expert evidence to manage these allegations in the Employment Tribunal. Haresh has also actively collaborated with employers in rectifying their equality policies to ensure they are compliant with the Equality Act 2010 and other laws.

Haresh has specific experience in the education sector having qualified as a languages teacher and law and therefore advised many teachers including but not limited to other professionals. He has specific experience in dealing with teachers unions and legal expenses insurers.

Haresh also advises on the effective use of data requests in employment cases. Haresh has extensive experience of representing clients at all types of hearings such as case management, preliminary, full merits, costs, remedies and others. Haresh widely promotes the idea of using a drop in, drop out conference service with him to save clients costs by assisting them on how to conduct their own case.

Local legal work

Being from Hucknall and Arnold in Nottingham, Haresh has a keen interest in local legal issues and often works with clients and businesses all over the NG area and beyond through the East Midlands including Leicester, Derby, Lincoln and surrounding towns and villages. Haresh qualified to undertake direct access work during his training at Trent Chambers Nottingham and Derwent Chambers in Derby. 

International Experience

Haresh has conducted placements abroad learning the law on different jurisdictions and international arbitration in Brazil and South Korea on Bar Council missions abroad. He also advises ex-pats in Andalucía (Spain, particularly Sevilla) who have ongoing legal matters in the U.K.

Awareness and Charity work: 

Haresh is a keen advocate of giving something to others and collaborates with a committee including friends and family on various projects. He has often donated his hair to children for wigs who undergo treatment and volunteers at Millside Radio at Kings Mill Hospital.

Interests: 

Haresh is an avid runner and swimmer and enjoys writing. Haresh often writes many articles for Lexology and has contributed articles on discrimination and equality in magazines such as the Parliamentary Monitor, and his dissertation is archived in the library of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

Qualifications

  •  Called to the Bar in 2009
  •   Currently sits on the Policy and Editorial Board of Counsel Magazine
  •  Member of the Bar European Group
  •  Member of the Employment Law Bar Association
  •  Member of the Criminal Bar Association.
  •  Awarded an accolade as Tomorrow’s Lawyer in the Times Newspaper National Student Awards - 2001
  •  Shortlisted in the GG2 diversity and leadership awards - 2002
  •  Invited to be part of Her Majesty’s Judging Panel for Unsung Heroes - 2004
  •  Recognised in the Law Teacher of the Year Awards by Oxford University Press - 2010

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Knowledge Base

For more information on Direct Access, Employment Law and working with our team visit our blog.

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Maintaining professionalism during the unfair dismissal process: How to handle difficult conversations
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Common Questions About Using Barristers for Workplace Legal Representation
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